HOSTED BY MAIN HOST INDIAAND MALAYSIA AS CO-HOST

CONFERENCE THEME: Working Together for Inclusive Growth and Development”.

Thirty eight delegates from various Commonwealth Countries were in Malaysia from 18/3/2007 to 25/3/2007 to attend the study tours hosted by the Commonwealth Study Conference Association of Malaysia (COSCAM). COSCAM is honoured to co-host the Tenth Commonwealth Study Conference 2007 (under the patronage of Duke of Edinburgh) together with India as main host. The host organizers in India is the Confederation of Indian Industries. The Conference was held from 16th March 2007 to 29th March 2007.

The three study tours in Malaysia were in Sabah, Melaka and Federal Territorries of Kuala Lumpur,Putrajaya/Selangor/Negeri Sembilan. The scheduling of CSC 2007 in India and Malaysia in March this year is a significant break from tradition as all nine previous conferences have been held in UK, Canada and Australia by rotation.

The delegates on arrival at KLIA were brisked to The VIP Lounge for immigration clearance, refreshments and briefing. On hand to greet them were COSCAM President Dato’Hamidi, Alumni members Tan Sri Dato’Dr Aris Othman, Datin Norma Senu,General Secretary G. Rasamalar, Johan Samad, Amir Hamidi, Shahril Hamidi, and David Foo.The journey for the delegates on their respective study tours started then as they left for their destinations.